San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-22
CUEDAD0 SAN ANTONIO !
FOR ENTERPRISE WILL TELL

Some Fects from Mr.. A. w. clifford
Worthy of More than Passing
Attention.
Now that the excitement OF state and
city elections is over would II not be q
wise plan for San Antonians to wrestle
with few plain facts that are staring
them In the face, and endeavor by con
centrated action upon some scheme tC
avert the threatening calamity:
l. Austin with her $500. 900 hotel. and
S3,000,000 state capital, 10 already
actively at work, advertising "a health
and pleasure resort In competition with
San Antonio.
2. The building Of the Arkansas Pass to
Corpus Christi. opens the latter as a
successful competitor against San An.
tonic So q pleasure resort.
The extension OF the Arkansas Pass
to BOerne places the latter on the top
round Of the ladder as health resort
and leaves San Antonio sQuirming and
laundering In the mud below.
4. The renewal of work on the Mexl-
can National, between Saltillo and City
Of Mexico, brings Laredo the belle oil
the Border" to the front as health re-
sort, who with few enterprising oiti.
Zens to push her advantages, won't leave
smell for dirty, stinky, old San An
tonic.
8. With the completion Of the Mexican
National. to City OF Mexico. Monterey,
Ssltillo. Zscsteoas, San Luis Potosi and
City OF Mexico, will become prominent a.
pleasure and he alth resorts, and filthy
stinky, dirty, slappy old mossbaoky San
Antonio will not even get transfer fare
@.,N ~ ...tI
through en- route to other points, made
more attractive by q simple stock OF
get-up-andge
6. Last, but not least. Mr.. A. C.
Schryver, one OF San Antonio's most en-
terprising citizens. ashamed Of the moss
backism Of his fellow-oltizens, has had
to go outside of his own town and find a
place where his enterprise would tell,
and In so doing has opened up CON-
petitor as health and pleasure resort
that will make San Antonio shed crock
adile tears for the next five years. He
has Just completed handsome and COM
modious Sl2,0 bath house at Topo
Chico, and extended his system OF stree
railway from Monterey TO same, a dis
lance of six miles. This now gives him
about IL miles OF better street railway
than has ever been built In the United
States. Col. Schryyer 1. now on the
ground. and yesterday the governor OF
state, Gen. B. Reyes, accompanied by
Judge l.. Roel, Capt. Mendoza, Hon.
Ramon Trevino, Mr.. Sam Fisk, superin-
tendent OF the street railway; Mr.. Ed
GlaiZe, OF San Antonio, and Col. LevaD,
Of the Express, inspected the new road
and bath house, received same, and de-
clared 1t open and ready for business.
Champagne flowed freely-bat II any OF
the boys want to see Schryver dance
when he returns, Just yell Bath HOUSE
schampagne" at him. He wanted Il
play big Ingin and do the proper oapel
by the governor and his friends; but II
certainly was the vilest truck | evel
tackled. think Schryver was primed
sion, but the wine caused him to forget
al his Spanish, and he retured to the
city with a wry face, and addressed
the following to the governor In En-
glish, which speaks for itself and proves
that enterprise is duly appreciated In
this country as well as our own:
To His Honor, General b. Reyes, Governor OF
the State of Nuevo Leon:
DEAR SIR have the honor Of report.
ing TO you the completion OF my con
tract made with you In August, 1886, by
which | was to expend $1,000 toward
the erection of bath house at Topo
Chico by March LIST, 1887, and In so
doing desire to call the attention OIL
your honor and the good people Of Mon
terey and Topo Chico to the fact that
through the securing OF cheap freight
rates and the furnishing Of lumber al
ST, have given them tirst-class Sl2,
0O0 building, one that will prove a last